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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000845877-17-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170306
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170306
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170306

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000845877
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FEDERAL & FEDERALLY-SPONSORED CREDIT AGENCIES [6111]
		IRS NUMBER:				521578738
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14951
		FILM NUMBER:		17668215

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1999 K STREET NW,
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20006
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2028727700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1999 K STREET NW,
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20006
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As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved an increase in Mr. Buzby&#8217;s base salary from $700,000 per year to $715,000 per year, effective January&#160;1, 2017.  Mr. Buzby&#8217;s annual cash incentive compensation continues to be based on a target amount of 80% of Mr. Buzby&#8217;s annual base salary, as set forth in the Agreement.  The Agreement also provides for Mr. Buzby to receive awards of long-term incentive compensation from time to time in a form, and subject to such conditions, as determined by the Board and the Compensation Committee of the Board in their sole discretion.  Mr. Buzby is eligible for all employee benefits regularly provided to senior executives of Farmer Mac and certain other benefits.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Mr. Buzby&#8217;s employment will terminate upon his death or disability and may be terminated at any time by Farmer Mac with or without &#8220;cause&#8221; (as defined in the Agreement), or by Mr.&#160;Buzby voluntarily or if Farmer Mac materially breaches, and fails to cure, its obligations under the Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If Mr. Buzby&#8217;s employment is terminated (i) by Farmer Mac other than for &#8220;cause&#8221; (as defined in the Agreement) or (ii) by Mr. Buzby in connection with an uncured material breach by Farmer Mac, Farmer Mac will pay to Mr. Buzby all base salary, incentive compensation, expense and reimbursements, vacation pay, and similar amounts accrued and unpaid as of the date of termination.  Mr. Buzby would also be entitled to certain severance benefits, subject to Mr.&#160;Buzby&#8217;s execution of a separation agreement upon specified terms</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If Mr.&#160;Buzby is terminated for &#8220;cause&#8221; or if Mr. Buzby voluntarily resigns other than in connection with an uncured material breach by Farmer Mac, Farmer Mac will pay such unpaid compensation as has accrued up to the date of termination, excluding accrued incentive compensation.  If Mr. Buzby&#8217;s employment is terminated due to death or other incapacity or disability, Farmer Mac will, subject to Mr. Buzby&#8217;s (or his estate&#8217;s) execution of a separation agreement upon specified terms, continue to pay Mr.&#160;Buzby (or his estate), for the shorter of (i)&#160;twelve (12) months or (ii)&#160;the period ending when Mr. Buzby ceases to receive or be eligible for disability insurance payments, the difference between Mr. Buzby&#8217;s current base salary and the amount of disability insurance payments </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">received by Mr.&#160;Buzby under insurance policies provided by Farmer Mac in accordance with the Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;">The Agreement contains customary non-competition and non-solicitation provisions in favor of Farmer Mac and also provides that it may be renewed following the expiration of the prior term for successive one-year periods upon a vote of the Board.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement (except as it relates to Mr. Buzby&#8217;s current base salary), which was included as Exhibit&#160;10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K previously filed on December 8, 2014 and is incorporated by reference in this report.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Adoption of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">On March 2, 2017, the Board adopted the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Plan</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), effective as of May 1, 2017.  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This fixed contribution percentage is the same formula used for determining employer contributions to Farmer Mac&#8217;s 401(k) plan based on an employee&#8217;s annual base salary that is above the applicable Social Security wage base for that year.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In addition to employer credits to the accounts of the executive officers and subject to applicable tax laws, participants in the Plan may elect to defer up to 80% of their base salary and up to 80% of any short-term incentive cash bonus scheduled to be received in any one year.  A participant may elect to defer compensation until a fixed and determinable date that must be at least two years after the first day of the year in which the deferral election became effective. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">A participant will be fully vested in non-elective employer credits upon the earliest to occur of: (i)&#160;death, (ii)&#160;disability, or (iii)&#160;three (3) years following the effective date of participation in the Plan.  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A participant may elect to receive these payments in a single lump sum cash payment or in annual installments for a period of up to ten (10)&#160;years, although account balances will become payable immediately in a single lump sum cash payment upon a participant&#8217;s death or disability.  A participant also has the ability to request a distribution in the event of an unforeseen emergency (as defined in Section 409A of the Code).  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Account balances under the Plan earn or lose value based on the investment performance of one or more of the investment funds offered under the Plan and selected by the participants.  The investment funds offered under the Plan will be similar to the investment options offered under Farmer Mac&#8217;s 401(k) retirement plan available to all employees.  All amounts credited to a participant&#8217;s account under the Plan will represent Farmer Mac&#8217;s contractual obligation to pay future benefits and will not be secured by any segregated assets, thereby putting Plan participants in a similar position to the unsecured general creditors of Farmer Mac.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The foregoing description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Plan, which will be filed as an Exhibit to Farmer Mac&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2017.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s112064E43041C88DD395A56553CA1D2C"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;padding-left:240px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;text-indent:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">By:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Stephen P. Mullery&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;text-indent:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Name:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Stephen P. Mullery</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;text-indent:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Title:  &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Senior Vice President &#8211; General Counsel</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Dated:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;March 6, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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